Bill Text: TX HB29 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to considering the assessment instrument results of certain students in evaluating school district and campus performance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-13 - Left pending in committee [HB29 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB29-Introduced.html
| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 29 | |
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| relating to considering the assessment instrument results of | ||
| certain students in evaluating school district and campus | ||
| performance. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 39.054, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d-2) and to read as follows: | ||
| (d-2) In evaluating performance under Subsection (c), the | ||
| commissioner may not consider the results of an assessment | ||
| instrument administered to a student under Section 39.023(a), (b), | ||
| (c), (l), or (n) for a period of three years after the student's | ||
| initial enrollment in a school in the United States if the student | ||
| is: | ||
| (1) a recent immigrant; and | ||
| (2) of limited English proficiency, as defined by | ||
| Section 29.052. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
